\begin{tikzpicture}
  \draw[some option] (short) edge                                                     (x)
                             edge             node{1,1,R}                             (y)
       (loooooooooong)       edge [bend left] node [auto] {\small some (blabla) text} (aaa)
                             edge                                                     (bbb)
                             edge [bend right]                                        (ccc);

  % taken from tikz manual (version 3.1.9a, page 258), changed a little
  \draw(u) edge            node[above right] {$5$}      (a)
           edge                                         (c)
           edge [-,dotted] node[below,sloped] {missing} (d)
       (v) edge                                         (a)
           edge                                         (d)
       (w) edge [red]      node[above,sloped] {very}    
                           node[below,sloped] {bad}     (a);
\end{tikzpicture}
